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  1. Marcarl
    Now don't go committing suicide here, leave it for a new member to get and ride, who knows, he may become your best buddy.
  2. Marcarl
    Should have said this before, oh here goes now,,,,,,the shield on the patch cords run through the round outer ring of the connectors. As time goes on these tend to make less and less good connection, so what I suggest is to take these all out and give them a little pinch just so that they become a little oval. It doesn't take much, just a little. I need to do mine as well, now that I've thought of that for you.
  3. Marcarl
    I have a 20'x20' x8' insulated shop. I heat with a propane agricultural heater that my son sells. Cost me about $120.00 last year, (not even 2 100 lb propane tanks), heats the shop in about 2 minutes flat to 60 degrees, uses outside air, but you need an outlet to the outside so fresh heated air can blow in. No problem with chemicals etc because the fire is outside and it blows air before it fires, so the furnace is clear. Doesn't take any inside room either. Don't know if yours is attached to your house, but your home insurance might have something to say about how you heat your shop if it is. http://www.rollseal.net/rollseal2000/heaters.htm
  4. Marcarl
    I could be wrong, but I've heard that what we see on TV is a lot more than what is really happening, and somehow I tend to believe it.
  5. Marcarl
    Chances are that there is one cylinder that is not working, you'll hardly even notice it. Start by pulling plug wires off, one at a time and see if the RPM's drop. If there is very little or no change then that cylinder is not working well, and if you haven't noticed it on the road the chances are that it is the idle circuit in the carb. That would give the symptoms your are describing.
  6. Marcarl
    Every lead (cable, patch cord) is shielded. Could be a broken shield or maybe a shield is not making good contact. Check all your shields with an ohm meter and make sure the contacts are all good at either end. The shield is the coating\covering just under the insulating wrap on the outside of the cable\wire and needs to have good contact at either end. Try a little dielectric grease on the ends.
  7. Marcarl
    I'm gonna talk to the missus later today and then plan the time and room,,,,,,maybe.
  8. Marcarl
    Post it here, in the classifieds, you'll probably save the rest of us the job of looking elsewhere.
  9. Marcarl
    Just a 3' CB attennna, no particular make. It comes with a load coil so that the wave length can be matched. The CB attenna can also be used for the radio but you will need a splitter box so that you don't blow the radio when you transmit through the CB.
  10. Marcarl
    Depends on what you expect for results. Two of us just went down to the local CB shop and bought the 3 footers and installed them. They work just fine, but I'm not sure on the range we get, we never use them long distance, use them only when we're riding together. But then we both ride first gens, and when we ride with a second gen we either let them lead or we keep a close eye on them so that they don't get out of eye sight.
  11. Marcarl
    I guess that's why they harped at us so much in Rider's Training, that a stopped bike is a dead bike, and so always to have it in first gear when you come to a stop. I was having problems getting all that accomplished when doing the fast stop practise and so got yelled at soo loud that all the riders on the parking lot were aware of my problems, and I was told that if I wasn't about to do as I was told I could nicely get in my meat truck and get the **** out of there. I know that doesn't do a thing for this situation, but it did bring that part of my training back to me, so I thought I would share it. Glad everybody is ok.
  12. Marcarl
    First off do not, do not tie the high tension wires to the frame, this will cause RF bleed into the frame and give you greave. The check all the audio lines and move them away from any high tension wires, it doesn't take much sometimes.
  13. Marcarl
    Naddie is the GPS because she keeps naddering at me to go a different route than what comes to the front of my VENTURE, although sometimes she gets it right for a turn or two, and yes there are settings, and by Carl's intervention all toll roads and super slabs are to be avoided.
  14. Marcarl
    The best picture was not even taken, besides the one where Scamper decided to take a rest all by herself. We had just come off a hard pack road onto blacktop when Naddie says to turn left at the next intersection. Now the one we came off of was not very pretty at the end, some pavement, some gravel, some holes and a curve with a good downhill slant, and the one Naddie wanted us to take was only 25% that good, a large mudhole, curves and a good sized hill, tracks in the dried mud and some large gravel, soooo, I decided to carry on to the next 'exit'. Well there wasn't one, we ran dead end, but I hate to back track so we did another look see at the suggested route. Well it wasn't as bad the second time around, so we thought to attempt it, with the approval of Marca. Scamper made an honest effort, I got to say that, no problem to get around the mud hole, avoided the tracks rather well, climbed the incline like a nimble deer and headed herself around the corner at the top of the hill,,,,,,, piece of cake this back roads riding,,,,,, all you got to have is some guts and you can find all kinds of interesting things,,,,,, like a total wash out going down the other side of the hill, but no time to get cold feet at this point, there was nowhere for feet to be put down so onwards and downwards we went, got to the bottom and remembered that at this point I had poor Scamper in 3rd gear still,,,,,,,, the reason I remembered is that the very next 50 feet, she was going to need all the horsepower and grip and balance that she could muster, for there in front of us, just ahead, heading almost straight up (or so it seemed) was a 'road' built for a mountain goat,,,,,, not a Venture,,,, let alone one with a trailer and 2 up. I went to drop her into 1st, but all the time I had was to get her into 2nd, gave her all the throttle I dared and hung on. She tried hard, dug in, and gave it a supreme effort,,, but then she started to buck,,,, cough,,, buck some more and then gave her last. Half way up the hill she did make it though,,,, and even left a place for my feet to touch bottom and hold us all up,,,,,,, but now what,,,,,,,, couldn't go back down back up, there was only one way out,,,,, straight ahead.!!! Marca dismounted at this point and could have taken a picture, but was far to interested in the future delvelopments to worry over the camera thing. I fired Scamper back up, popped her into 1st and as a true 1st gen, she nimbley finished her treck up the hill as though this was just exactly what she was made for. Oh she did slip a little to one side and found that to be so interesting that she also desidered to slip to the other side and then back again, but I kept her to the job at hand and she made the top of the hill just fine. There we found a place to turn around and then of course came the expectant trip in reverse, but this should be easier, well it was,,,,somewhat, buts that's another story. Wish I had some pictures or video from this I tell you. The next day we get into soaking wet sand, puddles, and more fun hills. We had a great time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  15. Marcarl
    Glad to hear you are ok and glad you posted what happened. We can all learn from the 'mistakes' of others.
  16. Marcarl
    Ah yes, and Metzler doesn't have any problem tires. Too many root canals going bad for me to even consider that route. When one of my teeth need that, I tick the dentist off and tell him to pull it out, now he can't make any more money it. Missing a tooth is only an issue for a few days, mostly until it quites hurting,,,,, until you start missing more than half, then for the price of 2 root canals you put in upper and lower partials,,,,,no more dentist income on those anyways.
  17. Marcarl
    Just thought to share what we enjoyed for week, touring Ontario. Pics from Brantford to Parry Sound, North Bay, Renfrew, to Huntsville and points inbetween. http://s512.photobucket.com/albums/t322/marcarl_photo/?albumview=slideshow
  18. Marcarl
    Sounds to me like Becky had you muzzled up pretty good, seeing as everyone is saying how nice it was to meet you. lol .Glad you had a good time, and we hope to join the Wizard765 soon to meet with ya'll and see some pictures and hear some tall tails.
  19. Marcarl
    Darn, I leave to go for holidays for a week and now looks what happens, I miss all the good stuff, gonna haveta buy me one of those there on the road computer thingies,,,, course then I would have to learn how to operate it,,,,, and I'm having 'nough fun with Naddie my new riding companion.
  20. Marcarl
    Or you could maybe repair the broken piece with Plastex and have the 'original' back again.
  21. Marcarl
    Wizard765 and I both have a bottom load attenna and they work just fine. We also use a 3' one because of the low overhead going in and out of the garage. Wizard uses the splitter and I have 2 attennas. I like the look of 2 virsas one. Do your thing, as said before, just make sure the swr is matched and you'll be happy. Distance may be an issue, but in most cases it won't matter much as you'll probably only be communicating with fellow riders.
  22. Marcarl
    I had hoped to plan a ride for Labour Day as we have had this for the past 2 years, but somehow my better half managed to plan a Family Camping Weekend for that same weekend,:confused: so we are out of the loop. If you still would like to do this, I can help lay out a really nice route, GPS ready,,,,,,you can use our parking lot for staging, but we will not\can not be joining you.:bawling::bawling:
  23. Marcarl
    Marca and I are on our vacation, started Sat and spent the weekend with Wizard765 and Robin, had a great time riding the Muskokas in Ontario and staying with Uncle John and Aunt Mary. Left them on Tuesday and headed for Bancroft. Today started just as it was supposed to, beautiful sun, warm temp, awesome scoot and some great roads to ride. We ended up going down this scenic route that started out paved but soon turned into hard pack, going over hills and around corners that would make one wonder if it was a road at all sometimes. Beautiful place to ride, tree cover and right through the bush, did 48 km in about 3 hours, a real speed demon I was, average about 25 km\hr. What a relaxing time, although at times it made me wonder, Well after lunch and heading down the 620 we came to a roadside rest stop, and decided it was about time to check the water temperature to make sure all those folks out on the lake were safe enough. Left turn into the rest area, and scamper headed for the shade, made a sharp turn to the right at the end of the parking area, and then proceeded to dump off both her passengers, NOT nice I say, after all the tender guidance I gave her all morning, she now decides that Carl and Marca must get off now,and that with no warning. She could have let us do this right, but you know how women are sometimes. Well it all turned out quite respectful, Marca had her first encounter with being dumped, Scamper learned that it can cause some hurt and Carl was releaved that Marca climbed back on as though this was a normal happening. Looking forward to tomorrow and the days to come. Carl
  24. Marcarl
    Try routing your cable in a different direction. You are either picking up some RF noise from the high tension wires or you also may have a loose connection at the GPS. I don't have Buddy's cable but have danced with the same issue for a long time. Cable placement helps a lot to eleminating the problem altogether. You may also have a ground problem, elsewhere. Check and clean all the grounds that have to do with your audio, including the attenna, don't just look at them and say they're clean, clean them, and then make sure they are good and tight. The reason you don't hear the noise in the speakers is that the headsets are much more sensative to that type of noise, it's in the speakers alright, but masked by all the other sounds coming from there. Hope this helps.
  25. Marcarl
    You just be carefull now and don't over do it, just stay away from those mother clod-hoppers and you should be ok Enjoy the riding Carl
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